BALPA
The clue is in the last letter of the acronim (Balpa), it stands for association. Not one person but all its members and like every other club in the world there will be those that have thier own agenda but on the whole BALPA is very effective when its members get involved, and conversly ineffective when some people spit teddy in the corner just because of some percieved personal gain, by probably somone who in the past has decided to get of thier arse and do somthing about the terms and conditions that they or thier colleagues were enduring, and not just whine all day in the crew room.
I can recommend Balpa to all who ask and would add that the many agreements between Balpa and our management are of mutual benifit.
Have a look at the Bond pay scale co-jo,s £30-40k
Captains start at £60k and rise to £75+ with North sea command experience. do you think that thay would be paid this if it hadn't have been for the expertease that balpa had at its disposal when negotiating with Scotia CHC.
Balpa is only as good as its members and at the moment it good.
